Hi there,
I was wondering if the Intel Core i7-6700HQ be overclocked? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. I am a newbie.
The HQ series are locked, so overclocking it is very limited. The HK series are unlocked and can be overclocked.
As much as I love overclockers.com forums, you are asking in the wrong forum for laptop overclocking as they are desktop centric and generally not knowledgeable about laptop overclocking. You should look at notebookreview.com forums for this information.
What laptop do you have? This makes a HUGE difference in your overclocking potential due to cooling and power limitations. I had to upgrade my Sager from 240w to 330w to avoid tripping it out when overclocking my GPU and CPU at the same time. I upgraded my Alienware M15x to a 240w (from 150w) PSU, i7-940XM and overclock it to around 3.45GHz across all 4 cores with the Throttlestop app. I overclock my GTX 970M with Nvidia Inspector. I get more bang for the buck overclocking the CPU as the default speed is limited to 2.4GHz with all 4 cores active. This makes a HUGE difference in gaming.
